04-09-2022, 05:25 AM
Stanford is far more likely to be able to receive graduate transfers than undergraduate transfers. There are numerous MA programs at Stanford that are far less selective than the undergraduate program, not to mention that Stanford has a strict and very low number of transfer slots open for the undergraduate class as a whole. Brooke Smith was exceptional as I understand it since I believe she had been accepted by Stanford before going to Duke, then transferred after a year at Duke. I'm trying to remember any other WBB player who transferred in as an undergraduate.
Tara also feels a responsibility to use her 15 scholarships and not hold them in reserve. I can't remember a verbatim quote, but at one point she noted that it wasn't right to deprive a kid of a chance for a Stanford education as part of a strategic basketball decision. That is, after all, why we often have a number of players on the team who almost never reach the floor. They contribute in practice and they receive a degree. Not a bad work-study program.
The fact that an extra scholarship just opened up does create some possibilities, though.
Tara also feels a responsibility to use her 15 scholarships and not hold them in reserve. I can't remember a verbatim quote, but at one point she noted that it wasn't right to deprive a kid of a chance for a Stanford education as part of a strategic basketball decision. That is, after all, why we often have a number of players on the team who almost never reach the floor. They contribute in practice and they receive a degree. Not a bad work-study program.
The fact that an extra scholarship just opened up does create some possibilities, though.